All-Russian Yesenin Poetry Festival in Konstantinovo
Konstantinovo, poet Sergei Yesenin's birth village on the Oka River, anchors its festival to his 3 October birthday within the broader Yesenin Days program, staging unset theatrical readings directly in the manor house, a peasant hut, and open meadow rather than on a conventional stage.
Konstantinovo, a village on the Oka River in Russia's Ryazan region, is the birthplace of Sergei Yesenin, one of the most widely read Russian lyric poets of the early 20th century, known for verse steeped in the imagery of the Russian countryside.